Public Protection Week

This session will look at the impact of childhood trauma with a focus on the importance of the early years of infancy. It will include an introduction to infant mental health: what is it, how do we recognise it, why is it important.

This online course is with Lyndsey Campbell and Tahnee Palmer and covers coercive control and the use of the DASH-RIC tool to assess risk and to refer victims/survivors to MARAC.

This workshop applies to anyone, in any workplace or community, who can make a positive difference to their own and others’ mental health and wellbeing, and help support those experiencing mental ill health or at risk of self-harm or suicide.

A presentation on emerging drug trends such as nitazenes, the increase use of cocaine and polysubstance use and what services and support is available in Dumfries and Galloway.

This workshop is with with Steven Bell and Lisa Moffat and is designed to support reflective practice and strengthen decision-making across this complex area of work. 

The aim of this session is to highlight, ways agencies and communities can work together to identify and prevent financial harm occurring, whilst ensuring those affected are fully supported.

This presentation outlines the approach further, discusses local implementation, and considers a practice example where Contextual Safeguarding has been used to address extra-familial risk.

Visit and tour round 3 Change Mental Health service bases followed by a session to find out about non-clinical person-centred community support for adults affected by mental illness and people around them.

Our Missing Persons Protocol is for all practitioners who would be involved in the prevention, response, support and protection of children and adults who are at risk of or go missing.